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OK I now have a smarter system set up for capturing changes in the "retired product" Lego shop search results. I ran it a couple of times and found quite a few sets that I had missed off my list. I've filtered out any Duplo sets, or accessories like minifigures, motors, cables etc. This is a list of all the newly found ones. I've also added a column called "Status Updated" that records the date I ran the numbers and found the newly tagged Retired Product sets. And attached is an updated full list of all sets to date. As sets drop off the Lego "Retired Product" search page into oblivion this will soon be one of the only sources for that info. EOL dates table.xlsx

This is why selling your SSD out of your trunk in a TRU parking lot is king.

Lots of cool features in this set. The ship even includes a sleeping quarters. I love that the captain comes with a cup of coffee. Take a look.

Every Long Term Investor should be buying the 10188 Death Star whenever you have the money, when it does retire its not going to take 3 years or longer to reach $800 or more, The Death Star price will rise fast. Look at all the guys who said it would take 3-5 years for the SSD to be a money maker. So everybody who who missed the boat on the SSD don't make the same mistake on the DS.How many people on here are regreting not buying these, I am sure there are plenty. "So Buy those DS"

Did you open the box and say "Look sir, droids."?

There is such a thing like a consensus around here? I must have missed it.

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Sold a 10212 Imperial Shuttle for $475 shipped

Hello, my name is Matt and I am from the St Louis area. I am 35. I used to have a massive Lego Star Wars collection, but sold them all about 4 years ago when I got divorced and needed money bad. I would like to get back into this because I realized I made a TON of money. It was all accidental too. I had been buying those sets because I like Legos and Star Wars. Half of them I had opened and built. Even the ones I opened sold for more than they did when they were new. I could not believe it. I did have some very nice rare sets. I had the Jango Fett Slave 1, the original Sail Barge, motorized AT-AT, old hoth set, cloud city, just to name a few. I had so many. I even at one point almost bout the UCS Falcon new for $500. Man. MAN. So now I am wanting to get back in the game, but more for investment than my own peronal enjoyment, although I will still keep a couple to build that I really like. So far I picked up 5 ghostbusters Echo 1, 5 Delorean (I have a feeling these will do really well, especially with people my age, in a few years as long as lego doesn't make a bazzillion of them and if they don't whatever, they weren't that expensive), I have a back order in for 2 Sopwith Camels and another backorder in for two Grand Emporiums, I managed to find a 6211 Star Destroyer on Craigslist for $110 (Can you believe that??), picked up a couple new star destroyers (one for me to build and display in my vintage video game room (yes I do have one) and a new AT AT, and I also have plans to get into the Haunted House, big R2, VW camper, and tower bridge as well. And I am ALWAYS scouring Craigslist and little random stores and stuff for retired sets. I feel like I know a TON about Lego Star Wars, but if there was one series I wish I knew more about it would be Super Heros. I just never got into any of that as a kid except for X-Men and I just don't really know which ones are going to be sought after sets like I do with Star Wars. Besides the Legos I work as a software developer for one of the largest law firms in the country. I also collect vintage video game consoles and games, have a GTO that I work on making faster, play on an airsoft team, obsess over my body and fitness, ruin that on the weekends because I really really like good beer and whiskey, and enjoy watching my Cardinals and Blues. Oh yeah, I read all the time too. No, I don't have time for sleeping. Great to be here, I will try not to be a d*** Matt

Well, we made it! Didn't think it would sell this soon. 9492 - Tie Fighter - $100 shipped

I care, congratulations!

I wonder how many people who bought the DS at 20-30% off 2-3 years ago have dumped them to clear up shelf space? I have to imagine there are some who lost patience, got out of the game, or simply wanted to reinvest their money elsewhere and dumped them for a small loss. If they did, it could help it's long term value. I'm guessing that anyone who recently got into this (within the past year or two) probably has very few of these, if any. It's expensive, hardly anyone promotes it as an investment on this site, and it's widely available and rarely discounted anymore. Those are all fine ingredients for a successful investment if, and only if, there isn't a large amount of veteran investors with piles of these. Disclaimer: I have only one and I purchased it off AWD that is a Christmas present for my son in 2015.

Valar morghulis - all sets must retire. The DS will retire, all Lego sets do. Even if it is a top seller it won't stay that way forever, eventually the set will look dated (it arguably already does), and the market will be saturated. This set will do well, eventually. I don't like this set as an investment because I feel like its going to be a very long hold before you see great gains on it.

I just finished this build. It's a detailed look at 75053 The Ghost paired with 75048 The Phantom. A solid build with a lot of playability. Lego accidentally placed two wrong pieces in the bag. They look similar in appearance. I had to order them so they are not included in the build. Enjoy.

Got my extra one from LEGO today. In best possible condition! See picture

ONCE AGAIN CAN WE PLEASE START INCLUDING THE PRICE OF THE ITEM YOU SOLD. NO OFFENSE BUT IT'S JUST USELESS JIBBER JABBER IF YOU DO NOT INCLUDE THE PRICE. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO INCLUDE A PRICE THEN REFRAIN FROM POSTING HERE. THE TITLE HAS BEEN CHANGED. THANKS

It took me 10 seconds. The link for that video is http***//www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuxM-avNfLo*** So I copy/paste "tuxM-avNfLo" in the "search in this topic" case... What's my price ? edit: ok no need for a price: I'm a brick advisor now ! (750 posts full of engrish words, yay !)

You can't blame predictive texting for that typo. It's breakfast time here. Another day another Lego deal to be done! 500 posts, woohoo

Damage claims? Do you know who you're talking to? Emazers laughs at taxes, customs, return policies and damage claims. He laughs right in their faces.

So here is how I am Boxing up My SSD and Death Stars. I am using the 24"x8"x20" Box that you get at Staples or Uline Bundles of 25.Put a few layers of paper or Bumble wrap, Put the SSD in the Box, I take the paper and pack it all around the sides, put a few layers on the Top and then I put a Fed,Post office flat box on the top. Seal the box up. The weight is 19 lbs, 10 oz. Simple job. "As for how much shipping is if mailed in the US. I Live in baltimore Zip Code 21220 and I checked Fedex Site for me mailing it to Zip Code 90017 in Cal. Fedex Ground was $33.69 now thats not including insurance. So thats pretty cheap for going from the East Coast to West Coast. Ed

Also, here's an updated graph with the month scale properly reflected.

No offense was intended. It was meant to be a joke. I only mentioned you by name after you quoted (and rebutted) several of my posts re: DS EOL. Brickshow's source could even be right. I just give the verifiable evidence of retirement (only available at MSRP through LEGO Shop at Home and order limit there just dropped from 5 to 2) more weight than an anonymous source. In general, when it comes to EOL debates, they should probably be resolved the emazers way. In other words, when in doubt, buy the set. I would love to come up with a more finely tuned investing strategy, but his has been demonstrated to work very well. emazers basically advocates an approach to Lego investing (regarding exclusives) analogous to buying a stock market index fund. For the overwhelming majority of investors, that is the best approach to take.

You heard it here first: Cashmoney-0 is loaded up on DS, at least a few dozen of 'em, and he's trying to talk other investors out of buying the set until it's too late. That's ok with me. As a DS investor, I need to follow his example and do a better job arguing in my own self-interest, so I'll start now. 10188 will never retire, ever. How do we know? Because an anonymous guy told Brickshow. It's a done deal. Or rather, a deal that will never be done. Or something. Anyway, all everyone needs to remember is that DS will never retire. In fact, my own sources say that for Black Friday weekend this year, Lego will include a free 10188 with every Star Wars order of $99 or more. Bad news for DS investors. Dump 'em quick!

No... I do not overestimate. I am just saying... if there is no death star... what do you do with the death star troopers set? It is kinda useless. Also... I noticed that this little set sells really well. A shop I always go to, Which is accesable only for limited persons had at least 20 sets of these. They were all sold in a few weeks. I only bought one.

Picked up some complete modular buildings (pieces only) 10182 Caf

My two sets shipped today from LEGO Shop at Home (Europe). For anyone who cares.

No, the risks that I see to investing in this "illiquid" luxury asset, is currency risk. I believe that the dollar is on a crash course to devaluation in the future (not good for America). Time line is fuzzy, but all of the signs are pointing in the same direction. That being said selling illiquid luxury toy assets in a situation like that is not good at all. I am hoping that my timelines and expectations hold true. I plan to exit the majority of my LEGO holdings 3-5 years from now. I do not want illiquid investments that are denominated in dollars when that time comes.

Amazon may be business geniuses. They make money on the primary and secondary markets. Their primary market profit is fixed. And they make 15% off the secondary market they supply. So, why would they ever want to supply to folks other than the secondary market? Selling direct to end customers only limits their profit on a set. Selling in bursts that only resellers are likely to benefit from is the way to source them. Not sure about the limits, however, since resellers are the only ones likely to take advantage of purchasing multiple sets. Maybe the limits are their way of supplying enough different resellers to ensure that there is a steady stream of amazon market sellers instead of the one who buys 100 sets and sells them on ebay or just sits on them. Similarly for RI, as long as they can make more money on a secondary market sale versus risking devaluing secondary market prices by offering primary market sales, do they even have an incentive to sell the RI on the primary market at this time? A test will be to see what comes first. A drop in secondary prices followed by large availability from amazon alone or does amazon open up the gates at the first sign of other retailers stocking up. This assumes they have plenty if stock on hand instead of getting a hundred at a time -- the latter seems unlikely given how production runs are done and probably shipped on full pallets to amazon distribution centers. Just thinking out loud here.

At some point you have to sell. If you don't then you go from being an investor to a hoarder and you will end up on that tv show. That would be a cool episode though now that I think about it.

A few more words: Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, R2-D2, Han Solo, Princess Leia, C3-P0, Yoda...

He who hesitates is lost. What did Gretzky say - You miss all the shots you don't take. When craziness like this happens with a set and there's more rumour than fact about if there will be more, you have to clear them out at first opportunity. Even if you're proven wrong within 30-45 days you can still return them cost free.

Looks like all the air packets are intact too

Ufema reported the same issue when he did his youtube review of the Ghost and the Phantom. http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/11126-ghost-with-phantom-build/?hl=75053

After many years as strictly a buyer of Lego related goods, I sold my first sets today! 2 of them to the same buyer, a Curiosity Rover and a Research Institute. A nice healthy return on both, the Rover I got a really good number on. All in all very happy! Thanks to the fantastic members here for all the advice and info I`ve learned over the last 1.5 years, very grateful to all of you!

Not yet. But it would be great if we had them added. You can submit them via email using the "notify us via email" link on the set's page. That way Jeff can review them and fit them to size.

If I were to program a killing machine, he'd be programmed to use a phone book. You can't believe everything you read on the Internet.

Last night I was excited that I got 7 orders to processing or shipped. Now, not so much. Taking 7 boxes to my closest kmart ( ) is not something I'm looking forward to doing.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/08/20/computer-virus-data-breach-ups/14365491/ Some customers of The UPS Store may have had their credit and debit card information exposed by a computer virus found on systems at 51 stores in 24 states. A spokeswoman for UPS says the information includes names, card numbers and postal and email addresses from about 100,000 transactions between Jan. 20 and Aug. 11. United Parcel Service Inc. said Wednesday that it was among U.S. retailers who got a Department of Homeland Security bulletin about the malware on July 31. The malware is not identified by current anti-virus software. The company is not aware of any fraud related to the attack, spokeswoman Chelsea Lee said. Atlanta-based UPS said it hired a security firm that found the virus in systems at about 1 percent of the company's 4,470 franchised locations. At many stores, the intrusion did not begin until March or April. Lee said that the problem was fixed by Aug. 11 and the company took additional steps to protect systems at other stores. She said the affected stores were not linked electronically, and UPS is still investigating how they were compromised. UPS said it is providing identity protection and credit monitoring help to affected customers. The affected stores were in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. From the company's description, the breach appeared far smaller than one that hit Target Corp. during the holiday-shopping season, when hackers stole credit and debit card information involving millions of customers. Fallout from the incident is still hurting profits. Target, which said Wednesday that second-quarter profit fell 62 percent, has spent $235 million related to the breach, partly offset by $90 million in insurance payments. The UPS breach won't have a material financial impact on the company, Lee said. Last week, Supervalu said that hackers might have stolen names, account numbers, expiration dates and other information from card holders who shopped at up to 200 of its grocery and liquor stores. Restaurant operator P.F. Chang's, Goodwill thrift stores and other retailers have been hit by data breaches. ___ A list of the 51 locations of The UPS Store where malware was discovered is at www.theupsstore.com/security

If you order online from the LEGO site and ship them to your house, you have a box right there that fits perfectly.

Emazers, what size box do I need for this?

You should be able to get $200 easy for a used one that's complete. I sold mine for that a few months ago and surely it's gone up a hair since then. I sold my new one for $225 cash locally which I figured came out to about $275(free ship) on ebay.

told all of ya i live to pack lego properly for shipping. ha

Thought I would share my first real investment set. I'm not bragging, just excited I was able to pick up a couple! (I do have 3 GE's for for later too but I'm not really counting those)

Any Zerohedge fans around here? The nice thing about lego sets is that, while the market is obviously manipulated (by Lego, no less), it's usually a fairly transparent and predictable manipulation. There is so much nonsense going on in the world of "real" investments right now. The obvious downside of a stack of lego Death Stars is they don't produce anything (heck, even the real Death Star wasn't exactly a productive investment for the Empire), but on the other hand, you know exactly what's inside those boxes. None of this "non-GAAP operating earnings" crap to wade through. Lego would even look to be a solid inflation hedge if it wasn't for the Chinese counterfeiters (sort of a wild card right now, but at this point they worry me as much as the Federal Reserve, which I would also report to eBay if I could). It's interesting to compare the MSRP on the new wave of Star Wars sets with the older versions; basically, with similar piece counts, the AT-AT is now $110 instead of $100, the SD has jumped from $100 to $130, and the B-Wing has leaped from $35 to $50. This is of course setting aside capital gains due to collectibility of the older versions.

Well, I can answer some of your questions. 3) USPS Priority is great for postage until you hit about the 3 pound mark. Then FedEx and UPS Ground becomes much more cost efficient especially after 8 pounds. If you have a biz account, UPS and FedEx will save you even more. I think DINM wrote a blog on this topic. 1) harder said than done, when I completely ran out of space in the past, I bought new shelving units. However, I can't fit anymore in my house or the wife will put on riot gear and come after me (and rightfully so). I begin selling off sets that are more than 3 years retired (start with the older ones first) or sets that I feel have peaked (e.g. 2012

You have Sam to thank for that....as always. Real hero of the series.

Early days on the data collection for this but I think we can already see a pretty interesting picture of seasonal retirement dates: